Molotov cocktail
noun
Mo·lo·tov cocktail
ˈmä-lə-ˌtȯf- 
ˈmȯ-,
ˈmō-,
-ˌtȯv-
: a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid (such as gasoline) and usually fitted with a wick (such as a saturated rag) that is ignited just before the bottle is hurled
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Ukraine’s fight began with soldiers setting tank traps on the streets of Kyiv and ordinary citizens making Molotov cocktails to defend their homes.
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Lloyd J. Austin Iii, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Inside McGuire’s Mustang at the courthouse, deputies found ammunition, a flare gun and a box of fireworks, along with a shotgun, rifle, additional ammunition, a device believed to be a bomb and 10 Molotov cocktails, authorities said.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
The family says in the documents that Shea did not start the fire himself, did not deploy any incendiary devices like a Molotov cocktail and that the force used against him was excessive.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
Other allegations included hitting, kicking and dragging women by their hair as well as an instance of kidnapping at gunpoint and setting fire to someone’s car with a Molotov cocktail.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
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Lloyd J. Austin Iii, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Inside McGuire’s Mustang at the courthouse, deputies found ammunition, a flare gun and a box of fireworks, along with a shotgun, rifle, additional ammunition, a device believed to be a bomb and 10 Molotov cocktails, authorities said.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
The family says in the documents that Shea did not start the fire himself, did not deploy any incendiary devices like a Molotov cocktail and that the force used against him was excessive.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
Other allegations included hitting, kicking and dragging women by their hair as well as an instance of kidnapping at gunpoint and setting fire to someone’s car with a Molotov cocktail.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Molotov cocktail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Molotov%20cocktail. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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